Google DeepMind researchers developed the Habermas Machine (HM), an AI system designed to mediate group discussions by generating consensus statements. The research team found strong endorsement of the AI-generated statements and a shift in the groups' opinion to the majority view after the process.
Google recently announced that it no longer considers NotebookLM an 'Experimental' product, as it introduced controls that enable users to customize the Audio Overviews based on their Notebooks. The company also announced an upcoming NotebookLM Business product.
dottxt, founded by the creators of the popular Outlines library, has raised $11.9 million to date to develop advanced structured generation solutions for large language models, aiming to ensure more reliable and predictable AI outputs.
Lightmatter secured $400 million in Series D funding to accelerate the deployment of its Passage product. Passage uses photonics technology to overcome chip interconnection bottlenecks in AI and HPC workloads, potentially revolutionizing data center performance and efficiency.
LatticeFlow launched COMPL-AI, an open-source framework for EU AI Act compliance, offering technical interpretations and evaluations of major AI models while addressing the gap between regulatory requirements and practical implementation.
Manifest, an AI-powered wellness app designed to combat loneliness among young adults by offering empathetic responses, personalized affirmations, and bite-sized meditation sessions, has emerged from stealth with $3.4 million in funding as it scales operations to meet growing demand.
London-based startup Neuphonic has developed an ultra-low latency text-to-speech engine for more natural conversational AI. Neuphonic has also secured €3.5 million in pre-seed funding to advance its technology and expand language support.
Mistral AI has launched two new compact models, Ministral 3B and 8B, which outperform comparably sized models, feature long context windows, and offer competitive pricing for several edge and on-device applications ranging from on-device translation and offline assistants to robotics.
Shift Bioscience has secured $16 million in seed funding to advance the AI-powered cell simulation platform which supports its mission to identify gene activations that can safely trigger cell rejuvenation and serve as the basis for treatments for age-related diseases.
Google has redesigned its Shopping platform, which now features AI-generated briefs that offer relevant considerations and a selection of products. The company also launched a suggested product feed based on user preferences and a custom deals page.
Gladia, a voice AI company, has launched Gladia Real-Time, a groundbreaking low-latency audio transcription and analysis product supporting over 100 languages. Gladia has also secured $16 million in Series A funding to develop its audio AI infrastructure.
Lidwave has closed a successful $10 million seed funding round that will enable it to continue developing its FCR™ technology, a novel approach to LiDAR based on light's coherence. With its FCR™ technology, Lidwave expects to unlock scalable production that makes LiDAR a mainstream technology.